ununderstandingadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > [adjective]
unwittyc1000
heartlessa1382
meana1387
conceitless?c1425
insensuat1508
insensate1528
insensible?1531
miskenning1533
unsensible1560
witless1562
unfraught1587
unconceiving1593
stupid1595
small-knowing1598
surd1601
ununderstanding1611
unapprehensible1613
unperceiving?1623
unapprehensive1624
inapprehending1652
incomprehensive1652
inapprehensive1653
impenetrative1684
blind1692
uncomprehensive1694
unpenetrating1701
unmeaning1704
vacant1712
gilly-gaupus1754
unacute1775
unapprehending1794
unpenetrative1795
unwitted1828
uncomprehending1838
irrecognizant1845
vacuous1848
incomprehending1881
mush-headed1884
wantwit1894
doofus1967
acerebral1968
brain-dead1972
goofus1981
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Ininteligente, vnunderstanding.
a1658 R. Lovelace Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659) 65 Let's walk hand in hand, And smile at this un-understanding land.
1862 C. Crosland Mrs. Blake II. 219 I know that the most crystalline phrases..have been dragged through the mud of common un~‘understanding’ usage.
1891 H. Herman His Angel 77 The thoughtless ununderstanding girl was gone, and a blushing..woman stood there in her stead.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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